Convict jacket
Not all convicts were on their best behaviour when they arrived in Australia. One form of punishment to try to keep the re-offenders in line was humiliation. Female convicts would have their heads...
View ArticleGovernor Arthur’s proclamation board
In response to increasing reports of frontier conflict between Aboriginal and European people in Tasmania, Governor Arthur issued proclamation boards like the one below. The idea was to encourage...
View ArticleGetting ready for Ned
You may think January is a relaxing time in the Education section, enjoying the quiet lull before the tide of visiting school groups wash through our doors. Well, we have been everything but relaxing...
View ArticleA question I have…
Yesterday, Susannah and I facilitated a Not just Ned: Irish Migration Stories education program with a fantastic bunch of year 3 – 4 students. After the students had completed the discovery trail...
View ArticleBring on the new curriculum!
Australian teachers are not the only ones busily studying the new Australian Curriculum. Here at the Museum, we have been actively familiarising ourselves, with a particular focus on the History...
View ArticleEmpathy in history
History detectives have been bustling through our doors, uncovering stories and 'reading' sources in our program Not Just Ned: Irish Evidence.
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